Ryan Preece Secures Wheelen Modified Tour’s Martinsville Crown as Ron Silk Takes Home Championship Title

When life gives you lemons, turn them into lemonade. That is the exact principle that Stewart-Haas Racing’s #41 Ryan Preece has followed recently. Ever since his violent crash at Daytona in the regular season finale, the 33-year-old has faced some struggles in the Cup Series. However, NASCAR’s premier competition differs from where the No. 41 Ford driver has found solace.

Ryan Preece is crowned the Modified Martinsville victor

The SHR No. 41 driver returned to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour on Thursday. Making his first start of the season in the competition right after his birth anniversary, Ryan Preece continued right where he left off in one of his favorite series. The 33-year-old has 25 NWMT wins in his career and even won a championship in 2013 that underlines his credentials as a driver in the field.

Representing the Mizzy Construction team, Ryan Preece fended off the likes of Patrick Emerling and Austin Beers as he blitzed to a win. He also showed great pace in the practice session, recording the third-fastest time on the grid. On the other hand, Ron Silk used the race to claim his much-awaited crown after extending his lead to an unbeatable margin.

Prior to the race, Ryan Preece also relayed the motive behind not having raced once in a modified car this season, as he explained, “That was a choice I made. I made that choice because of the amount of effort that I want to put into my racing whenever I race a Modified versus the amount of effort that I want to put into my Cup car, something was going to sacrifice. ”

A great return after a horrible one for Tony Stewart‘s star.

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Preece reveals what made the Martinsville win special

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Ever since making his transition into the Cup Series, life has been hard for Ryan Preece. A combination of bad luck, crashes and to a large extent the inability of SHR’s Fords to keep up with the fastest cars in the competition has resulted in a lacklustre stint  for the #41 driver. Dedicating the win to the late team owner Eddie Partridge, Preece opened up on the special occasion to popular journalist Matt Weaver.

“Yeah, a lot of things make it special. It’s the #40 car but really its also the #6 car. Like I said on stage, the last time I won, at Richmond, where we lost Eddie and there were some great years racing in Modified.” said Preece.

Being a former champion in the series, Preece knows the working ways inside out. having gained invaluable experience in the top-flight, he used the same to the maximum extent as he calmly took over at Martinsvillle. Revealing his approach to the race, he added, “I’ve always been aggressive when it comes to passing.”

“I feel like the more aggressive you are, usually the better off you’re gonna be. This was the first time I was trying to not put us in a bad situation where… I really felt like we had a fast race car and it was ours to lose. To that point, it was just keep it clean and every racecar capitalized and I was behind the 07 in the 51. I was restarting third so why try to force the issue and after the restart we’re on top. So it was just being smart.”

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The win will come as a highly awaited positive for Preece this season after an indifferent Cup season marred with faulty equipment and failures.